Started out like it always starts

Try to hold the hunger back

You don't anticipate a broken heart

Can't see nothing but the track.

A diamond earring in a bowery bed

You kicked your shoes across the floor

You regret the things that went unsaid

Or have you heard it all before?

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way.

It ended like it always ends

Somebody crying on the phone

You tell each other you can still be friends

You both know you're on your own.

My own behavior was a shock to me

I never thought I'd have the nerve

I hope you're sleeping through the night, eileen

I hope they're grading on the curve.

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way

That's your way.

Somebody broke my heart once

And I was useless for a week

I didn't leave my apartment

I didn't eat, I didn't speak

But then I found the letter she wrote

Against the wall behind the bed

It said, "forever is a dead man's joke"

And that's the only thing it said.

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way

That's your way.